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A. BOCHOT TILE Filed Aug. s, 1945 April 15, 1947-.

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Patented Apr. 15, 1947 7 TILE Aristide Bochot, La Minaudiere, Misy surYonne par Villeneuve la Guyard, France Application August 8, 1945,Serial No. 609,617 In France April 17, 1945 3 Claims.

The object of the present invention is a tile specially designed foruse, in particular, for the roof covering of buildings having a largesurface, such as industrial, agricultural buildings, garages, barrackbuildings, depots, etc.

To this end, it is conceived in such a manner that it rests on and issecured to the framework by means of fixing clamps which directly hookon to the side timbers of said frame-work, thereby doing away entirelywith the tie beams and the battens usually supporting the tile incustomary use.

This tile is essentially constituted by a panel comprising under itsinternal face, preferably at its two side edges, semi-tubular stripshaving the form of inverted troughs, one of which may serve as a housingfor a tube which extends above the panel and has a reduced diameter inorder that it may fit into the tubular housing of the tile placed above,whilst the other semi-tubular strip covers the strip of the adjacenttile previously laid.

A form of embodiment is described hereafter, by way of example, in orderto facilitate the comprehension of the invention, with reference to theaccompanying drawing in which:

Figs. 1 and 2 show the tile respectively in perspective view and insection;

Figs. 3 and 4 show the tubular element which is secured under one of theside edges of said tile;

Fig. 5v is a perspective view of part of the roof covering thusobtained.

I is the panel constituting the tile body and bounded sideways by thesemi-tubular strips 2 and 3. On these are reserved, at 4 and 5, cut outportions the purpose of which will be hereinafter explained. The panelpreferably comprises, with a view of reinforcing it, stamped ribs whichmay assume decorative shapes such as lozenges 6.

For each tile there is fixed a tubular element placed under one of theside strips and comprising a principal portion 1 of lesser height thanthat of the panel and an extension 8 of smaller diameter extending abovethe said Panel. The portion 1 comprises two holes 9 and I0 upset intothe tube wall, at the same level as the cut-out portions 4 and -5, andin the screw-threaded holes pass fixing screws II for uniting the paneland the tube. The structure as a whole is maintained in position on theside timbers of the framework by means of hooks I2 carried by the tubeson their lower generatrix.

As shown in Fig. 5, the tiles are disposed in overlapping relation sothat the main part 1 of the tubes does not descend as far as the bottomof the semi-tubular trough 3 but stops at a point where it meets theupper end of the tube carried by tile of the row already laid, toreceive the extension 8 of said tube, that is, at the upper level of theoverlapping zone.

The advantages accruing from this new tile are numerous from thestandpoint of watertightness, lightness, strength of the roofing thusobtained. Its laying is easy and rapid, and the structure as a whole,owing to the overlap and to the mutual engagement of the tubes of thevarious rows, cannot be lifted or torn away by 4 the most violent windsor dislocated by strong vibrations or expansions. It may be used on allslopes, even vertical ones.

This tile may equally well be made of unoxidizable, galvanized orenameled sheet metal as of any other suitable materials such as plasticmaterials, earths, etc.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the form ofembodiment illustrated and described and that numerous constructionaldetails may be embodied therein without departing from its scope. Forinstance, the cylindrical tubes in this example may exhibit any othersection; instead of placing these tubes under a side trough, they couldequally well be lodged under a central trough; finally the tubes mightbe secured to the panel in any other suitable manner.

What I claim as my invention and. desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A tile having its side edges of a semi-tubular shape concave towardsthe internal face and characterised by an element embedded and fixedunder one of said edges, said element having a tubular portion extendingfrom the upper edge of the tile up to a certain distance from the loweredge of the tile, and an extension extending beyond said upper edge inorder to fit into the tubular portion of another tile.

2. A tile as claimed in claim 1, the tubular element of which carries ahook directed downwardly in order to be secured to the side timbers ofthe roofing.

3. A tile as claimed in claim 1, the tubular element of which is securedunder one of the edges .by means of screws the head of which projectsabove said edge, whilst the opposite edge of the tile comprises cut-outportions in order to be fitted on the screws of an adjoining tile.

ARISTIDE BOCHOI".

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 225,172 Smith Mar. 2, 1880FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 19,864 Denmark 1915 259,628 Britain1926 368,064 Britain 1932

